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37. The OP historically views everything through the lens of his own challenges.

Reply to BlackSkimmer (Reply #28)

Thu Jul 6, 2023, 01:15 PM

Jul 2023

The OP is cringe-inducing for sure.

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I love how quietly Japanese women have refused to get married or have children or betsuni Jul 2023 #20

Such a sad story. Nululu Jul 2023 #2

Such a terrible loss. chowder66 Jul 2023 #3

Regarding your last sentence of the post Tetrachloride Jul 2023 #4

I've always wondered about K-POP groups and singers. nolabear Jul 2023 #6

Female k-pop singers are toys for Korean and Japanese millionaires. AZLD4Candidate Jul 2023 #11

Yes. Straw Man Jul 2023 #23

Freaks me out when I see J-pop girl bands whose audiences are mostly middle-aged men. betsuni Jul 2023 #27

Being a commodity is deadly. nolabear Jul 2023 #35

I imagined as much. Just expendables. nolabear Jul 2023 #36

What used to be called the casting couch has been around for a long time, highplainsdem Jul 2023 #7

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What do you know about the business? thebigidea Jul 2023 #9

I write for production companies. I am a repped writer. I am not on staff. AZLD4Candidate Jul 2023 #10

So you were in the business from 2015 to 2020. Five years. betsuni Jul 2023 #29

I'm still in the business as a writer. AZLD4Candidate Jul 2023 #30

Then why did you say you "got turned off to everything by 2020"? betsuni Jul 2023 #31

Hmm. BlackSkimmer Jul 2023 #40

I know someone who worked in Hollywood for fifty years. shrike3 Jul 2023 #42

Never heard of her. rockfordfile Jul 2023 #12

She wasn't K-pop. She was Cantapop. AZLD4Candidate Jul 2023 #13

Coco Lee BlueWaveNeverEnd Jul 2023 #18

Get off my lawn. Scrivener7 Jul 2023 #24

Wai, I am totally confused. I have you mixed up with the guy who MerryBlooms Jul 2023 #14

No. I'm a screenwriter and a teacher. AZLD4Candidate Jul 2023 #15

Okay, so I am not confused, same moniker. Thanks for confirming. MerryBlooms Jul 2023 #16

Most folks who look for info on any movie know.... Duppers Jul 2023 #19

Internet Movie Database... Whatthe_Firetruck Jul 2023 #21

You could have just as easily linked to the non-pro site. TwilightZone Jul 2023 #32

Yeah, that's the one I use all the time. BlackSkimmer Jul 2023 #33

Same here. BlackSkimmer Jul 2023 #22

Do you really think they "bring it on themselves" Scrivener7 Jul 2023 #25

As kids, no. As adults who know the business, yes. AZLD4Candidate Jul 2023 #26

Was it a requirement to participate in the degradation Scrivener7 Jul 2023 #34

She seems to have had a very successful career. BlackSkimmer Jul 2023 #28

The OP historically views everything through the lens of his own challenges. TheProle Jul 2023 #37

I think this is true, judging from past experience. BlackSkimmer Jul 2023 #38

Did you get a new teaching job? Nt XanaDUer2 Jul 2023 #39

Yeah. I did. AZLD4Candidate Jul 2023 #41

I think life is very difficult for most people. I don't know many people who haven't suffered liberal_mama Jul 2023 #43